Author: Master Mystery Productions

I have been musing on this topic for a while. The idea of showing grace to your fellow writers. Before I explain what I mean by that, let me tell a quick tale that inspired this post. Sometimes, when I need to get my brain working on stories or ideas, I’ll look up author websites.… Continue reading A Show of Grace

Don’t Give Up Being a professional writer can sometimes feel like screaming into the void hoping that some alien species out there will pick up your transmission. Will anyone hear you? See you? Find you and your work? We have so many options for publishing now, and that also means we have so much more… Continue reading Don’t Give Up

We all face it. The looming terror of the Great White Page. Pulling up a brand new work can be a daunting task. From all the way back to the first clean piece of paper spooled into a typewriter to a new document opened in Word with the little cursor blinking at us, all of… Continue reading The Great White Page

Life taught me a great deal about rolling with the punches when dealing with the boxing match that is professional writing. I have worked on projects and plays that have tested me to my limits. Take a certain play I did in Spring 2017. It was one of the most challenging production phases on my… Continue reading Rolling with the Punches

I’ve been blessed the past few months to have opportunities to speak in public about what I do for a living. To be asked to speak about my work or expertise in writing is a huge honor; It seems to validate all the hours, days, months, years I have put into my craft. It’s a… Continue reading Teaching What You Know